Idiom List!

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<p>Here is a list of 83 Idioms. I know they will be helpful for those who make posts always looking for idioms. ;)</p>

<p>Absent From
Accustomed To
Acquainted with
Afriad of
Annoyed with
Apologize for
Arise from
Associated with
Aware of
Basis of
Believe in
Belong to
Blame for
Came into use
Capable of
Characterist of
Committed to
Composed of
Concept of
Connected to
Conscious of
Contributed to
Dedicated to
Difference between
Different from
Distinguish from
Emphasis on
Encourage by
Escape from
Finished with
Fond of
Great deal of
Guilty of
Hide from
Hint at
Hope for
Impose on/upon
In connection with
Indifference to
Insist on/upon
Instrumental in
Interested in
Involved in
Irritationg to
Lead to
Limited to
Object to
Obsessed with
Obtain from
Opposed to
Participate in
Particular about
Prepared for
Prevent fromt
Proclaimed as
Proiest against
Proud of
React to
Recover from
Related to
Rescue from
Respond to
Responsible for
Result in
Reversal of
Satisfied with
Scene of
Smiliar to
Stare at
Stop from
Substitute for
Succeed in
Suffer from
Sympathize with
Thank for
Thinik of
Tired of
Upset with
Vote for/against
Went about
With the help of
Worry about</p>

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<p>There are reference books at my library that are dedicated solely to listing the idioms of the American English language.</p>

<p>Entire books.</p>

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<p>This thread might help you out: </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/597342-post-your-idioms-here.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/597342-post-your-idioms-here.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>@elaslawek:</p>

<p>What do you think about the likelihood that these idioms will appear on the SAT?</p>

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<p>High !!!</p>

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<p>what section is this for?</p>

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<p>Thank you for this list.</p>

<p>And this is for the writing section.</p>

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<p>My guide has a list as well.</p>

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<p>cn i get a list of common idioms that come on the SATs…or a website i could go to …pls someone help me…:(</p>

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<p>What’s the best way to memorize these? pure memorization or should i make flashcards or do sentences or? what?</p>

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<p>preoccupied with
critics of
just as… so
both… and
different from
the reason is…that [not because]
Not only… but also</p>

<p>^ these are the main idioms that pop up on the test</p>

<p>edit:
either … or
neither … nor</p>

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<p>the reason is ___ that, always screws me over. English is my only language and yet I still can’t keep my idioms straight.</p>

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<p>These are just phrases with prepositions. Prepositions are not exclusive to phrases. For example, the word ‘preoccupied’ is not always followed by ‘with.’ You can also say “preoccupied for” (“I am preoccupied for the sake of being preoccupied”), “preoccupied to” (“I am preoccupied to pass the time”). Obviously these phrases are used in different contexts; but how are you going to know the difference if you merely memorize phrases? “Different than” is used instead of “different from” in some cases. Sorry to break it to you, but these are not idioms that you just have memorize and recite mechanically. Each preposition has its list of meanings; learn them. Look it up in the dictionary and read the example sentences they give you for each.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the tip…:D</p>

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<p>“I prefer that TO this.” is correct, and “I prefer that OVER this.” is wrong, and so is “I prefer that THAN this”. Just thought I’d mention a common error.</p>

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<p>“Prefer over” is grammatically correct, actually.</p>

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<p>Maybe, but “prefer to” is more formal, and hence safer. :)</p>